It’s like a cancer.” Corruption has ruined the doctor-patient relationship. Doctors, medical institutions, pharma companies, diagnostic labs and device companies live in an ‘unholy circle ...

After decades of “doctor knows best,” the traditional physician-patient relationship is on the verge of a monumental shift. Generative AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and ...

This letter is in response to Rachel Donald's recent letter to the editor titled, "How important is the doctor/patient relationship?" ...

The bottom line is that the doctor will have no idea why the treatment failed and the patient isn’t progressing. On the flip side, a positive, caring and trusting relationship allows the patient ...

A Toronto physician’s licence to practise medicine has been revoked for asking for and receiving oral sex from his patient 15 ...

The system economically rewards throughput (the number of patients seen per unit time) and procedures rather than the time needed to develop an open and communicative doctor-patient relationship.

This time, the focus is on using generative AI and large language models (LLMs) as immersed in the doctor-patient relationship. This emerging topic materially impacts the nature of clinical ...

A general practitioner has been reprimanded and suspended for 10 months for having an intimate relationship with a patient aged in her 80s. South Australian doctor Hemant Kumar Vanmali began an ...

These interactions not only strengthen the doctor-patient relationship but also allow patients to feel more in control of their health journey. The broader implications of the changing dynamics ...

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By working together, doctors and patients can create tailored health plans that evolve based on the patient’s needs. This trusting relationship helped reassure his patient, who used to feel ...

fostered by a trusting doctor-patient relationship. Today, during a period of declining trust in the medical system and less and less time to interact with patients, recognizing this connection is ...